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- Title
Public health briefs. The Resource Mothers Program for Maternal Phenylketonuria.
- Authors
St. James PS; Shapiro E; Waisbren SE
- Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to measure the effectiveness of resource mothers in reducing adverse consequences of maternal phenylketonuria. METHODS: Nineteen pregnancies in the resource mothers group were compared with 64 pregnancies in phenylketonuric women without resource mothers. Weeks to metabolic control and offspring outcome were measured. RESULTS: Mean number of weeks to metabolic control was 8.5 (SE = 2.2) in the resource mothers group, as compared with 16.1 (SE = 1.7) in the comparison group. Infants of women in the resource mothers group had larger birth head circumferences and higher developmental quotients. CONCLUSIONS: The resource mothers program described here improves metabolic control in pregnant women with phenylketonuria.
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 1999, Vol 89, Issue 5, p762
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.2105/ajph.89.5.762